History News Desk!!! On January 27, 1880, the great inventor Edison succeeded in obtaining a patent for the electric light bulb. Yes, Thomas Edison. Due to his hard work, he has 1093 patents in his name, but there was a time when the school refused to teach this famous scientist and called him a weak-minded student.
Important events of 27 January
1823 – US President James Monroe appointed the first ambassador to South America. 1880 – Thomas Alva Edison patented the electric bulb. 1888 – The National Geographic Society was organized in Washington. 1891 – 109 people were killed in a mine explosion in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. 1905-Maurice Rouvier formed the government in France. 1915 – American Marines captured Haiti. 1943 – America launched an air attack on Germany for the first time. 1948 – The first tape recorder was sold. 1959 – The foundation stone of the first Engineering and Technology College was laid in New Delhi. 1967 – Three astronauts died in the ‘Apollo 1’ accident. 1969 – In Iraq’s capital Baghdad, 14 people were sentenced to death for espionage. 1974 – President V.V. Giri dedicated the Nehru Memorial Museum at Teen Murti, New Delhi to the nation. 1988 – Helicopter postal service was inaugurated for the first time. 1996 – Pakistan received UN As the Brown Amendment, which deals with $368 million worth of US arms supplies, becomes law, France conducts its sixth and possibly last nuclear test. 2008 – Bird flu spread in 13 districts of West Bengal. Former Indonesian President Haji Muhammad Suharto passes away. 2013 – 20 police officers were killed in bomb attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Seven people died and 630 were injured during protests in Egypt.
people born on january 27th
1999 – Bindiyarani Devi – Indian female weightlifter. 1978 – Conrad Sangma- An Indian politician from the state of Meghalaya and the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya. 1956 – Amar Singh (politician) – was an Indian politician who belonged to the Samajwadi Party. 1926 – Arun Kumar Shridhar Vaidya – was the 13th Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army. 1922 – Ajit – was a famous actor of Indian Hindi cinema. 1907 – Pandit Sitaram Chaturvedi – Famous litterateur and journalist. 1901 – Laxman Shastri Joshi – was one of the Indian Marathi writers. 1889 – Muni Jinvijay – was an explorer, editor and reviewer of ancient Indian literature. 1886 – Radhabinod Pal – Tokyo, Japan, was an Indian judge in the war crimes tribunal. 1884 – Raghunath Krishna Phadke – was an Indian sculptor awarded Padma Shri.
Died on 27th January
1556- Humayun, Mughal Emperor 2007- Kamleshwar Hindi storyteller, novelist, journalist and screenwriter 2009- R. Venkatraman, 8th President of India 2010- Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Telugu film actor 1992- Bharat Bhushan, famous Hindi film actor. 1986 – Nikhil Banerjee – was one of the leading sitar players of India in the 20th century.
